A few years back I was caught in a deep depression. It got worse over a six month period. I was consumed by it. I was on medication but it just did t help. My doctor finally prescribed Abilify. In two days I felt much better, not perfect. He was surprised it worked so fast. I was able to manage life again and was on the road to recovery. That’s my story.
I got prescribed it before and didn't take it but today the doctor said we need to do medication before this gets worse. I've been worried but thank you so much for sharing I feel a bit more hopeful now
Took it for a few months and discontinued it a couple weeks ago. Still feeling pretty apathetic. This drug took away a large amount of joy from my life, and from what I hear, the effect might be permanent. Great. Good to hear it works out for some people, but it definitely didn't for me.
It gave me me the worst akinthasia. Was a walking nightmare.. i felt like i was never comfortable whether sitting or standing; i always had to be moving and this was a problem at work
Australia here. I was prescribed Abilify for endogenous depression. I take half a 5mg tablet per day, thats 2.5mg. And no other anti depressants. It works really well for me, gets me up and going instead of lying in bed, depressed. Its only side effect for me, is chronic insomnia. I've never had insomnia before in my life. I counter that with 25mg of quetiapine and 10mg temazepam. Abilify might not work for everyone, but for me it's the only antidepressant that works as I've tried all the others.
Hello Dr Pagnani, I have been diagnosed with GAD 30 years ago. Each time Cymbalta has been able to put me in remissions for my GAD until this to last most recent occurrence & it failed. So my Dr prescribed Lexapro. After 9 weeks of different dose sizes of Lexapro, it hasn't helped my anxiety. In fact I feel like the dose changes/increases have made it worse. There was one occasion for about 1 week span where I felt really good , appetite back, very low anxiety and energy again. This was around the 2nd week of a dose increase from 5mg to 10 mg. A week later the anxiety came back. Dr increased my dose to 20 mg after the 6 weeks on 10mg. But although its only been 2 weeks at 20 mg my anxiety is even worse yet. So my Dr suggested 2mg of Abilify to help the Lexapro treat my debilitating continuous anxiety. Is Abilify a good med to use with Lexapro to help with anxiety? Are the a lot of side effects to be concerned about with 2 mg?
@@Bludcharg4214 I'm just taking Hydroxyzine, one at around 8:00 at night and sometimes another around 2:00 AM. I'm hanging in there. I believe I have long covid symptoms.
Does it always cause weight gain? Ever since I was put on it I’m just not hungry. Also, I hate the jitteryness. Will I get use to that? Been on it 2 weeks I’d say
I took the new monthly Abilify injection and it’s been a month of agony. If you are already jittery, I’d discontinue it because it may get worse. The longer you are on it, the more side effects you can have. I’m no doctor but I speak from experience. There are people literally court ordered to take the injection each month and it tears them up badly.
@@user-jq9oo2tx8i The shaky hands are embarrassing and the doc just blew me off when I brought it up. Crazy like she just gas lighting me like it’s not happening.
My son is autistic and has been having violent behaviors. He's 6ft, 220 lbs and wants to eat all day. Could it be this is the wrong med for him? Just went from 20-25mg. It's been hell, and we're terrified of him.
The longer he’s on it, the worse his symptoms will get. I’m no doctor but I’m saying from experience that when they say “wait until your body gets used to the medication” it’s a lie. He’s having adverse effects from the medication and may need to taper off of it.
Diagnosed with phcosis, 3 periods I’ve taken for the first 2 times I felt week the first week or days I took it I would rather not be alive to feel that pain and stress on body again, think it don’t work with me but they want to put me back on it and see How it goes… even after all the fails, and move to a injection which we suggested as a family initially as a joke, But I’m going to perhaps try it? If I don’t then it’s fine cause I have lorezapam for my stress And if it don’t work they can just let me go through lorezapam cause I find that helpful
Depends how long you were on it. Some studies I read suggested it took as long as the person was on it to begin with. Abilify has a half life of 5 days which is quite long. I haven't had any since Feb. 20th
Did it ever improve? Just curious. Im also experiencing intense paranoia all the time. The only thing ive tried so far is olanzapine, but my therapist asked if i wanted to try this out instead. Anyways, take care.
I take duloxetine 30mg and now my doctor got me to take apriazole 10g mum take this she said its good . I was on risperidone but make me so unwell but anti psychic and depression together i felt better happier
Omg now im afraid to have my 10 year old takes this omg the more i learn about every pill the wanna put down her throat i dont wanna give her anything this stuff is scary yes it could help and make her better ans at the same time it could make it worse im just at a loss as a mom and what to do
Hello Doctor, I was prescribed a low dose of abilify for anxiety ( I’m bipolar 2 and have generalized anxiety disorder). Does abilify work for anxiety ?
I've been prescribed 2mg of abilify as 3 different ssri's havent worked for me, only made things worse. So stopping lexapro currently then starting abilify alone. Has anyone else had success with Abilify by itself. Anxiety and depression, very physical symptoms in my case.
Thank you for your question, and I'm hopeful that some share their experiences on this topic. In my experience, Abilify is typically added to an SSRI or SNRI for patients with depression, as an "augmenting agent." However, if a patient is on the bipolar spectrum, then typically higher doses (10, 15 or higher) as mono-therapy are used (one medication). With that all said, some providers will utilize this medication as monotherapy for individuals without bipolar disorder, off label. I do not know what's best for your care, but it could be helpful to discuss all of this with your provider. Warm wishes, - Dr. Pagnani
Look into Vraylar/cariprazine. Abilify/aripiprazole is not very effective on it’s own for depression. You should have tried adding the abilify to the lexapro, rather than discontinuing the lexapro before starting aripiprazole
I was on two mg with Effexor and it made my entire body shut down I couldn’t talk: and I couldn’t move I became hyper sexual and I got rhabdomyalisis and Gained so much weight in fat along with many other horrible things
I got rebound psychosis really badly upon abruptly discontinuing abilify. Went on invega for 10 days because I was aware of how short the half life is, and tapered off
1:23-1:30 Risk for Diabetes and High Triglycerides as direct result of taking this medication. Would not recommend. Excessive weight gain. Having to take Fenofibrate 145mg for abnormally high Triglycerides levels in the blood It’s definitely a long journey to lose the extra 30-40lbs of bodyweight, particularly in the belly fat region and
I agreed to take the monthly injection and don’t plan on taking it again. It’s simply ineffective for me and the negative side effects make it not worth taking. It interacts poorly with many other medications and they didn’t make me aware of any of the side effects or I wouldn’t have taken it. 4 weeks later I still feel horrible and I was hospitalized with a high heart rate like 6 times since the injection.
Is it true that ability has changed/ evolved as far as the ingredients (for lack of a better word ) that are inside of it ? The reason I’m asking this question 🙋🏼♀️ is I took it 20 years ago and had a very bad experience! . My doctor recently prescribed a 2 mg tablet to me and told me that it’s changed in the past 20 years but I suspect that it is the same. I don’t mean to question his expertise but he’s not a psychiatrist, so I’m just wondering is that true ?
I am not aware of the active ingredient of abilify (aripiprazole) changing, and do not believe that a lab or drug company could do that, without changing the name of the medication. Of note, abilify works more on serotonin at the 2 and 5 mg doses, and more on dopamine at doses of 10 and higher. I am wondering if your provider was referring to it acting like a different medication, depending on dose. Thank you for the question! - Dr. Pagnani
For me the 10 mg taken at 20 to 30 mg a day caused me to feel far less anxiety and depression the side effect was loss of excited feelings or I guess dopamine gain was lowered
I’m on abilify and I only gained 4 pounds and on lithium I gained 40 pounds . It was terrible . Do you think weight loss is possible on abilify combined with lowering my trileptol ?
Hello doctor, I would like to thank you for all these useful videos. For Ablifiy it caused me some sexual OCD thoughts. My doctor switched it to Latuda. But still these thoughts are here. My diagnosis is bipolar |.
Hi Dr. Hope you see my comment. My 11 years old daughter is taking 2mg of apriprazole. I'm very worried because she gained a lot of help and seems like it's not helping her.
Thank you for the question. Medications like abilify (aripiprazole) could affect sensation or have sexual side effects. These symptoms can also be caused by medical conditions, other medications, or psychological difficulties. I would recommend discussing your symptoms directly with your provider (and likely your primary care provider as well). Of note, most patients who I've treated and took abilify, did not have this side effect. I hope that this is helpful. Best, - Dr. Pagnani
Fucking right it does! It changes everything about you and cuts out any pleasure u have in life…..stay away from this life destroying drug please! I literally cannot get off the floor due to immense withdrawal …this toxic drug is so strong and the docs hand it out like popcorn! Think before u get on it people!
It's weird. I haven't felt as horny as when I was a week into taking abilify. But after a few weeks I became numb. Then when I stopped I had dopamine supersesitivity and masturbated as much as when I was on amphetamines for a month in my early 20s lol. Anyways we should all practice no fap and sleep with women instead
A few years back I was caught in a deep depression. It got worse over a six month period. I was consumed by it. I was on medication but it just did t help. My doctor finally prescribed Abilify. In two days I felt much better, not perfect. He was surprised it worked so fast. I was able to manage life again and was on the road to recovery. That’s my story.
Thank you for sharing ❤
Same
I got prescribed it before and didn't take it but today the doctor said we need to do medication before this gets worse. I've been worried but thank you so much for sharing I feel a bit more hopeful now
Medications have side effects one must never be on them.
As a booster for MDD my experience with Abilify was a trip through hell. Suicidal ideation and an array of other miserable symptoms were terrifying.
Me too it's been horrible
Bonjour
I tried it for bipolar but only took it once because it knocked me out for three days.
Took it for a few months and discontinued it a couple weeks ago. Still feeling pretty apathetic. This drug took away a large amount of joy from my life, and from what I hear, the effect might be permanent. Great. Good to hear it works out for some people, but it definitely didn't for me.
I got obese on the shit terrible drug
It gave me me the worst akinthasia. Was a walking nightmare.. i felt like i was never comfortable whether sitting or standing; i always had to be moving and this was a problem at work
That happened to me too It's horrible
Cogentin stops that.
Cogentin is an alkaloid medication and it helped me combat the effects of the Abilify but it also dehydrated me and increased my manic episodes.
How many ml were you on ?
Same here. it lasted 2 weeks for me and it was horrible
Australia here. I was prescribed Abilify for endogenous depression. I take half a 5mg tablet per day, thats 2.5mg. And no other anti depressants. It works really well for me, gets me up and going instead of lying in bed, depressed. Its only side effect for me, is chronic insomnia. I've never had insomnia before in my life. I counter that with 25mg of quetiapine and 10mg temazepam. Abilify might not work for everyone, but for me it's the only antidepressant that works as I've tried all the others.
same for me but only 2 mg
What healed my depression was meditation and re connecting with God and also eating healthy.
I take this and I am proud.🎉
Hello Dr Pagnani, I have been diagnosed with GAD 30 years ago. Each time Cymbalta has been able to put me in remissions for my GAD until this to last most recent occurrence & it failed. So my Dr prescribed Lexapro. After 9 weeks of different dose sizes of Lexapro, it hasn't helped my anxiety. In fact I feel like the dose changes/increases have made it worse. There was one occasion for about 1 week span where I felt really good , appetite back, very low anxiety and energy again. This was around the 2nd week of a dose increase from 5mg to 10 mg. A week later the anxiety came back. Dr increased my dose to 20 mg after the 6 weeks on 10mg. But although its only been 2 weeks at 20 mg my anxiety is even worse yet. So my Dr suggested 2mg of Abilify to help the Lexapro treat my debilitating continuous anxiety. Is Abilify a good med to use with Lexapro to help with anxiety? Are the a lot of side effects to be concerned about with 2 mg?
Amo hijo le resetaron abilify 2 mg. Con. 25 gramos de Hidroxina 25 cada 6 horas. Y abilify solo por la noche
My doctor just prescribed this, and Lexapro to be taken together. I also take Hydroxyzine. It seems like a lot to be taken on the same day.
Same, how you feeling?
@@Bludcharg4214 I just stuck with hydroxyzine and never filled the other two.
@@Bludcharg4214 I'm just taking Hydroxyzine, one at around 8:00 at night and sometimes another around 2:00 AM. I'm hanging in there. I believe I have long covid symptoms.
Immediately, I experienced Akathisia. It was so horrible! It drove me crazy. I stopped the med. It was so awful.
Does it always cause weight gain? Ever since I was put on it I’m just not hungry. Also, I hate the jitteryness. Will I get use to that? Been on it 2 weeks I’d say
Same for me less hungry but worsened anxiety and feel shaky I hope it gets better for you
I took the new monthly Abilify injection and it’s been a month of agony. If you are already jittery, I’d discontinue it because it may get worse. The longer you are on it, the more side effects you can have. I’m no doctor but I speak from experience. There are people literally court ordered to take the injection each month and it tears them up badly.
@@user-jq9oo2tx8i
The shaky hands are embarrassing and the doc just blew me off when I brought it up. Crazy like she just gas lighting me like it’s not happening.
My doctor said it does not cause any weight gain
Stay away from meds
My son is autistic and has been having violent behaviors. He's 6ft, 220 lbs and wants to eat all day. Could it be this is the wrong med for him? Just went from 20-25mg. It's been hell, and we're terrified of him.
Abilify turns off your impulse control box in your brain so it will cause binge eating hyper sexuality gambling addiction just anything impulsive
Abilify made me feel violent and hypersexual
Absolutely. It increases my appetite tremendously and it induced more mood swings than I originally had.
The longer he’s on it, the worse his symptoms will get. I’m no doctor but I’m saying from experience that when they say “wait until your body gets used to the medication” it’s a lie. He’s having adverse effects from the medication and may need to taper off of it.
Thank you, @@user-jq9oo2tx8i
Diagnosed with phcosis, 3 periods I’ve taken for the first 2 times I felt week the first week or days I took it I would rather not be alive to feel that pain and stress on body again, think it don’t work with me but they want to put me back on it and see
How it goes… even after all the fails, and move to a injection which we suggested as a family initially as a joke,
But I’m going to perhaps try it?
If I don’t then it’s fine cause I have lorezapam for my stress
And if it don’t work they can just let me go through lorezapam cause I find that helpful
How long does it take when its turning into the normal state again after quiting ablilify ?
I read about 5 months
Depends how long you were on it. Some studies I read suggested it took as long as the person was on it to begin with. Abilify has a half life of 5 days which is quite long. I haven't had any since Feb. 20th
I changed from Risperdal to abilify. It seems to help but my paranoia is still out of control. I'm taking 20 mg
I too changed from Risperidal to Ability. I have 10 mg.
Yea Risperidol is a terrible medication, didn't work for me either until I got on Abilify.
Hey how is it now after taking it for a while? Did yuu find anything that helped? Xxx
Did it ever improve? Just curious. Im also experiencing intense paranoia all the time. The only thing ive tried so far is olanzapine, but my therapist asked if i wanted to try this out instead.
Anyways, take care.
I take duloxetine 30mg and now my doctor got me to take apriazole 10g mum take this she said its good . I was on risperidone but make me so unwell but anti psychic and depression together i felt better happier
I’m impotent now, any solutions doc?
Omg now im afraid to have my 10 year old takes this omg the more i learn about every pill the wanna put down her throat i dont wanna give her anything this stuff is scary yes it could help and make her better ans at the same time it could make it worse im just at a loss as a mom and what to do
Grounding take her to a spiritual healer and stay away from meds !
they want to make your child a forever patient...
$$$$
You need to seriously consider whether the decisions youre making for your child now will have permanent consequences.
Why always talk about side effects? Talk about the EFFECTS, it work wonders with my ocd (together with an ssri)
Thank you for your comment, and I'm very happy to hear that you've had a positive experience with this medication! Sincerely, - Dr. Pagnani
Hello Doctor, I was prescribed a low dose of abilify for anxiety ( I’m bipolar 2 and have generalized anxiety disorder). Does abilify work for anxiety ?
When you nearly die from taking it, it is time to talk about side effects.
It made my OCD worse
I've been prescribed 2mg of abilify as 3 different ssri's havent worked for me, only made things worse. So stopping lexapro currently then starting abilify alone. Has anyone else had success with Abilify by itself. Anxiety and depression, very physical symptoms in my case.
Thank you for your question, and I'm hopeful that some share their experiences on this topic. In my experience, Abilify is typically added to an SSRI or SNRI for patients with depression, as an "augmenting agent." However, if a patient is on the bipolar spectrum, then typically higher doses (10, 15 or higher) as mono-therapy are used (one medication). With that all said, some providers will utilize this medication as monotherapy for individuals without bipolar disorder, off label. I do not know what's best for your care, but it could be helpful to discuss all of this with your provider. Warm wishes, - Dr. Pagnani
Look into Vraylar/cariprazine. Abilify/aripiprazole is not very effective on it’s own for depression. You should have tried adding the abilify to the lexapro, rather than discontinuing the lexapro before starting aripiprazole
I was on two mg with Effexor and it made my entire body shut down I couldn’t talk: and I couldn’t move I became hyper sexual and I got rhabdomyalisis and Gained so much weight in fat along with many other horrible things
How you doing today?
I got rebound psychosis really badly upon abruptly discontinuing abilify. Went on invega for 10 days because I was aware of how short the half life is, and tapered off
1:23-1:30 Risk for Diabetes and High Triglycerides as direct result of taking this medication. Would not recommend. Excessive weight gain.
Having to take Fenofibrate 145mg for abnormally high Triglycerides levels in the blood
It’s definitely a long journey to lose the extra 30-40lbs of bodyweight, particularly in the belly fat region and
Can aripiprazole be combined with olanzapine?
Olanzapine is legal poison stop it
No they’re the same drug class
I got 2mg abilify added with Vyvanse and bupropion ... Im not sure if i want to take it if i already got Akhisia without it 😂😂😂
You’ll b ok it passes
I agreed to take the monthly injection and don’t plan on taking it again. It’s simply ineffective for me and the negative side effects make it not worth taking. It interacts poorly with many other medications and they didn’t make me aware of any of the side effects or I wouldn’t have taken it. 4 weeks later I still feel horrible and I was hospitalized with a high heart rate like 6 times since the injection.
Is it true that ability has changed/ evolved as far as the ingredients (for lack of a better word ) that are inside of it ? The reason I’m asking this question 🙋🏼♀️ is I took it 20 years ago and had a very bad experience! . My doctor recently prescribed a 2 mg tablet to me and told me that it’s changed in the past 20 years but I suspect that it is the same. I don’t mean to question his expertise but he’s not a psychiatrist, so I’m just wondering is that true ?
I am not aware of the active ingredient of abilify (aripiprazole) changing, and do not believe that a lab or drug company could do that, without changing the name of the medication. Of note, abilify works more on serotonin at the 2 and 5 mg doses, and more on dopamine at doses of 10 and higher. I am wondering if your provider was referring to it acting like a different medication, depending on dose. Thank you for the question! - Dr. Pagnani
@@RittenhousePsych Thank you 🙏
The VA reformulated Oxycodone and never changed the name or informed their patients to my knowledge. The pills just suddenly stopped working.
You are professionals of what exactly?
Does it help with ocd?
It’s not approved for ocd but it’s helped me with my ocd symptoms!!
Kyle's dad!
😂
For me the 10 mg taken at 20 to 30 mg a day caused me to feel far less anxiety and depression the side effect was loss of excited feelings or I guess dopamine gain was lowered
induced schizophrenia here in Ireland
I’m on abilify and I only gained 4 pounds and on lithium I gained 40 pounds . It was terrible . Do you think weight loss is possible on abilify combined with lowering my trileptol ?
Hello doctor, I would like to thank you for all these useful videos.
For Ablifiy it caused me some sexual OCD thoughts. My doctor switched it to Latuda. But still these thoughts are here. My diagnosis is bipolar |.
I think it has caused ocd for me also with intrusive thoughts. Never had them before being on it
@@kelseydickson2892my doctor just prescribed me today i suffer from sexual related OCD theme don't know if this medicine will work or not 😔
It exacerbated horrible body dysmorphic disorder and OCD behaviors related to that for me.
Hi Dr. Hope you see my comment. My 11 years old daughter is taking 2mg of apriprazole. I'm very worried because she gained a lot of help and seems like it's not helping her.
Is taking 2.5 mg Aripiprazole daily causes weight gain and diabetes .Plz reply.
He did say that it does didn't he?
Ability often seems to be prescribed punitively by less qualified therapists who are frustrated by not achieving a “cure”
With less potent drugs.
Foo I was taking this medication and I was still smoking I’m A G
weed ?
what were u smokin?
Abilify made my hsir fall out
It also makes your personality and soul be torn way from you without u noticing until it’s too late!
Did it?? What happened when you quit it? Did you get ur hair back
@@triscodiscothats how i mostly feel now without any medication which today they prescribed me Abilify and i scared
No. But I still twitch.
Does it reduce the pleasure of masturbation?
Thank you for the question. Medications like abilify (aripiprazole) could affect sensation or have sexual side effects. These symptoms can also be caused by medical conditions, other medications, or psychological difficulties. I would recommend discussing your symptoms directly with your provider (and likely your primary care provider as well). Of note, most patients who I've treated and took abilify, did not have this side effect. I hope that this is helpful. Best, - Dr. Pagnani
Fucking right it does!
It changes everything about you and cuts out any pleasure u have in life…..stay away from this life destroying drug please! I literally cannot get off the floor due to immense withdrawal …this toxic drug is so strong and the docs hand it out like popcorn! Think before u get on it people!
It just takes longer to blow a load so that’s a plus
Yes I can't feel any pleasure anymore this drug sucks!
It's weird. I haven't felt as horny as when I was a week into taking abilify. But after a few weeks I became numb. Then when I stopped I had dopamine supersesitivity and masturbated as much as when I was on amphetamines for a month in my early 20s lol. Anyways we should all practice no fap and sleep with women instead